A keen and insightful mind, however, is only a portion of the Dr. Saad Saad package. A wealth of humanity, allied with opportunity and a willingness to travel to dangerous parts of the world to aid impoverished children, has led to numerous missions to beleaguered regions of the Middle East to help Palestinian children.

The Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, dedicated to providing medical assistance to Arab children, reached out to Dr. Saad Saad in 2002, hoping he would intervene to assist a child with complications following the aftermath of a gunshot wound.

It’s a testament to the doctor’s courage, tenacity and skill that he both went and performed the required surgery, which proved to be a win for the patient.

Twice since then the Palestinian organization has successfully called on Dr. Saad Saad to intervene in highly delicate and difficult surgeries for Arab children with no means.

In a second case, a boy with a leg made immobile after a bomb explosion needed a nerve transplant. Not a nerve doctor, Dr. Saad nonetheless took it upon himself to find an appropriate physician to treat the child. Not only did the child get back the use of the paralyzed limb, he even took up his favorite sport of soccer again.